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Family History, Alcohol Use and Dependence Symptoms among Young Adults in the United States
Author(s) -
Harford Thomas C.,
Parker Douglas A.,
Grant Bridget F.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1992.tb00696.x
Subject(s) - family history , young adult , psychology , multivariate analysis , alcohol , longitudinal data , longitudinal study , alcohol dependence , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , demography , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , radiology
Drawing upon data from the National Longitudinal Survey of young adults, this paper examines the effects of family history of alcoholism and current alcohol use by the young adults. A multivariate analysis of the data from the study indicates that there are both main and interaction effects of family history and current alcohol use on dependence symptoms among the young adults.